/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1798/all en /newsroom/channels/news/do-emotions-impact-decisions-punishment-context-crime-337457 <p>Anger is a key emotion in understanding public opinion towards crime and punishment: it is frequently mobilized in public discourse and is elicited by specific incidents. But what role do emotions play in questions of punishment for crime?</p> Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:00:13 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 286013 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/stopmtlca-first-interactive-map-self-report-police-stops-montreal-331945 <p>In 2019, an <a href="https://spvm.qc.ca/fr/Communiques/Details/14555">independent report</a> commissioned by the City of Montreal demonstrated racial and social profiling by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) targeting Black, Arab and Indigenous peoples, and young adults in particular. According to the data, Indigenous and Black people are four to five times more likely to be stopped by police than non-racialized people.</p> Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:36:45 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 269926 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/male-fertility-after-chemotherapy-new-questions-raised-311169 <p>A pilot study conducted by INRS and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ researchers highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after puberty.</p> <p>"It is often thought that cancer treatments for prepubescent boys will have no effect on their fertility because their testicles would be "dormant". But in fact, the prepubertal testis are not immune to chemotherapy that affects dividing cells and it is now well recognized that there can be long-term effects," explains Géraldine Delbès, a professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Laval.</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:31:04 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 197716 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cranberries-join-forces-antibiotics-fight-bacteria-297443 <p> Mon, 27 May 2019 18:59:09 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 165548 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/watching-hidden-life-materials-239767 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:38:58 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 21357 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/lafrance-avenir-de-la-recherche-224954 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:21:34 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 18167 at /newsroom